When Yang Guanji defected to the new dynasty, his identity was Changsha Zhixian. A few years have passed, and he has become the mayor of Jinling Mansion Yin, the real power mayor of the capital.

He was very excited today, so he got up in the middle of the night and put on a brand new court dress to look in the mirror.

Before dawn, he paced out the door.

He is also a well-known incorruptible official, who does not bring an entourage to and from work, and does not have his own personal sedan chair. Pacing all the way to the outside of the imperial city, walking around the base of the wall for a while, I came to a small gate, and verified that the waist card was allowed by the guards.

There were quite a few people standing outside the door, all of them were the entourage of officials, and they were not allowed to enter.

There were also some sedan chairs, which were the private sedan chairs of some officials.

Zhao Han only forbade slavery, not sedan chair, otherwise the sedan chair driver would be unemployed. As long as the income of officials is legal, there is nothing wrong with keeping a sedan chair driver at home, and to put it bluntly, they are full-time drivers.

Officials who rode horses to the DPRK could almost be said to have none.

Because the good horses were taken away by the government and used to maintain the cavalry troops, all the people left were bad horses.

Yang Guanji entered from the side of the noon gate and was taken by the female official to drink tea and rest.

Entering the waiting room, there were already more than 30 people inside, making a commotion like a vegetable market, and they were all extremely excited when they talked.

Since the founding of Datong, today is the first time to go to the DPRK.

Li Banghua, a minister of the old Ming Dynasty, must be accustomed to the previous dynasty. But officials like Yang Guanji feel very fresh, and they belong to the vast majority.

"I heard that in the early dynasty of the previous Ming Dynasty, I will go out on the fourth watch." The person who spoke was Chen Liangbi, who took refuge in the Datong army when he took Guangdong.

"What's more, I have to get up on the third watch." Anhui official Xuan Guozhu said. This ancestor is a relative of the Yuan Dynasty emperor, and he is also a blue-eyed person. More than 300 years have passed, except for the slightly darker eye sockets, the other appearances are no different from those of the Han people.

Wu Zhenyu, an official from Jiangsu, couldn't help but say: "Are we coming too early?" ”

"Hahahaha!"

Many officials burst into laughter.

The first time I went to the court, everyone was very excited. I was afraid that I would get up too late and miss the court meeting, which would leave a negative impression on the emperor.

It was only five o'clock in the morning, and thirty or forty people had already come, and the time of the court meeting was eight o'clock.

Yang Guanji found a chair to sit down, sat dry for a while, sleepiness hit, and couldn't help covering his mouth and yawning. He didn't drink tea to relieve his fatigue, he just sat on a chair and slept on it, deaf to the conversation in the room.

It wasn't until 7:20 that a female official finally came over to remind: "The ministers are waiting for the court!" ”

The ministers lined up by the bridge, and Pang Chunlai stood at the front.

There were few military attachés on the shift, because they were all fighting on the front line. Even if it is an official of the Ministry of War, it is also within the scope of civilian officials - a military general can be transferred to a civilian official of the Ministry of War, provided that all command positions are dismissed.

After crossing the bridge, they entered the Yingmin Gate and continued to wait in line in the square in front of the palace.

At about 7:40, a master of ceremonies shouted in the Jingtian Temple: "All the officials come forward!" ”

The guards in front of the palace shouted in a louder voice: "All the officials come forward! ”

There were no three rings of the whip, but the liturgy was preserved.

The ceremonial musicians played solemn music, and the cabinet ministers set foot on the Dan Majesty en masse, while the rest of the ministers waited outside the Dan Majesty.

Zhao Han paced slowly and sat on the throne of Jinluan in the hall.

The master of ceremonies of the Ministry of Rites looked at the clock next to the emperor's throne, and the minute hand finally pointed to eight o'clock: "The emperor ascended to the palace!" ”

"The emperor ascends to the throne!"

"Hundred officials enter the palace!"

"Hundred officials enter the palace!"

One after another, it quickly spread to the outside of the hall, and the sound of the ritual music changed its rhythm again.

The officials found that there were chairs in the hall, and each chair was inscribed with official positions.

Yang Guanji's court meeting frequency belongs to the upper middle class. This is because the officials participating in the court meeting, except for special departments, must have at least five grades or above, that is, department-level officials of the central department.

Following the large army into the hall, no one went to sit, but stood in a solemn line.

On both sides of the main hall are the ceremonial music groups.

Below the side of the emperor's throne is the Cao official who recorded the court meeting (similar to the Ming Dynasty). Cao Guan also put down the brush at this moment and stood upright behind the table.

"Hundreds of officials salute!" The master of ceremonies shouted.

Yang Guanji and the others had already rehearsed, and they all bowed their hands: "Meet Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Han smiled and said, "The ministers are exempt. Throne! ”

The master of ceremonies shouted: "Hundred officials are seated." ”

The sound of the liturgy became slightly soothing, and the officials sat down.

Li Banghua and Qian Qianyi sighed with emotion, they all lived in the Ming Dynasty. You have to kneel down to the emperor, and after kneeling, you have to stand all the way to the court.

Now there is no need to kneel, and everyone has a seat, and that sense of dignity lingers all over the body.

Yes, Qian Qianyi is also qualified to go to the court, as a doctor of the Hanlin Academy, although he is not allowed to interfere in the government, his grade is relatively high.

Zhao Han sat on the throne of Jinluan, condescending, and said to the hundred officials with a smile: "Today, it is the first court meeting of my dynasty, the imperial dining room has prepared a meal, and you can feast and drink in the imperial city after the dynasty is dispersed." You don't have to work in the morning, but you have to work in the afternoon, and you are limited to one glass of wine per person. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the banquet!" The officials shouted.

Zhao Han was in a happier mood: "I don't have anything to say, the new dynasty is just starting, you and I are working together to create a prosperous era." I want to surpass the rule of Zhenguan, can I have confidence? ”

"Do your best to assist, never give up!"

"The minister will do his best!"

“……”

This thing has not been rehearsed, and the officials speak in a variety of ways.

After a period of noise, Zhao Han patted the armrest, and the master of ceremonies immediately shouted: "Silence! ”

There was silence for a moment, and no one spoke.

Zhao Han said: "I won't talk about business today, many of you came early, presumably you haven't eaten yet, let's have breakfast with me." Talk while eating. Scatter the dynasty! ”

"Scatter!"

"Hundreds of officials send the emperor to the palace!"

The officials stood up one after another, bowed their hands, and watched the emperor leave.

The first time you go to court, that's it?

Yang Guanji was a little dumbfounded, he looked at the other officials, and his expression was similar.

Routine court meetings, that is, early dynasties, are completely formalistic. The government affairs discussed have also been handled by the cabinet, and they are nothing more than a public performance.

Once the discussion was really held in the early dynasty, it meant that there were three situations: first, there was a political struggle, second, the report of the work was overstepped, and third, the emperor was dissatisfied with the cabinet.

It was only those temporary court meetings that the emperor summoned his ministers to discuss some difficult and difficult issues.

Zhao Han did not like formalism, but he had to keep the early dynasty.

If the early dynasty is directly abolished, middle-level officials may not see the emperor for the rest of their lives!

So, what should you do in the early dynasty?

Zhao Han came up with a way to only go to the morning court three times a month to avoid affecting his daily work. In each early dynasty, the emperor came up with an issue, and the ministers had a macro discussion around the issue. Basically, the details are not discussed, because the details can go through the normal workflow.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Yang Guanji followed the large army and accompanied the emperor to breakfast.

The place where the emperor gave the banquet was in the West Garden, which is the imperial garden west of the Forbidden City.

Yang Guanji looked curiously all the way and saw many female officials walking around, and the inner courts everywhere were working. Some of the palace maids, apparently healthy women, are already in their thirties and forties.

Those healthy women, who belonged to the second batch of conscripted palace maids, were mainly engaged in manual work in the imperial city. There is no age limit, as long as you are innocent and have the ability to do things. Sign a five-year contract, you can leave when it expires, and you can apply for renewal if you want to stay.

The palace maids who brought wine and food to the banquet were all teenage girls.

Zhao Han raised his glass and said, "There is only one cup today, you should drink it slowly." ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

The officials raised their glasses and shouted, all of them were eaten in one gulp, and no one really drank slowly.

The emperor gave a banquet and used the royal family's private treasury. The wine and food are not luxurious, but they are also quite delicious, and Zhao Han is no longer so picky.

Waiting for the officials to put down their wine glasses, Zhao Han finally threw out the topic of today's court meeting: "Do you know that the earth is a sphere?" If you wish to speak, you may raise your right arm. ”

More than half of the officials raised their hands.

Zhao Han pointed to one of them: "You come and say." ”

It was Yan Tingzhi, a Fujian official, who stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is from Fujian. When I was a teenager, I saw Western red-haired people. They came thousands of miles from the west, and according to these red-haired people, there were small Western countries that sailed to the west and crossed the sea to a continent. This continent was named America. Sailing on this continent, all the way to the west, is the kingdom of Luzon in the South Seas. Thus we can see that the earth is indeed a sphere. ”

As soon as these words came out, the banquet scene was noisy, and many officials really didn't know.

Zhao Han was very satisfied with this, and every time he went to the early dynasty in the future, he could popularize new knowledge to hundreds of officials, lest their horizons still be so narrow.

Zhao Han pointed to Julius: "Master Ai, you can speak." ”

Julius was the most proficient of all the missionaries. Even his Confucian recuperation was able to crush many Ming Jinshi. He advocated the integration of Yahweh and Confucianism, and advocated respect for the customs of Han believers, so that when the missionaries were expelled, Julius was not affected in the slightest, and now he has a master's degree in the Qintian Academy.

The old Italian man was dressed in the official mansion, and waved at Zhao Han, and then at the officials: "Your Majesty, the earth is indeed a sphere." And there was a day in nine days, and he was like a king. The earth and the five stars (the five planets) all go around the sun, like the ministers defending the king. Your Majesty is the sun, shining brightly. The people are all things, and the sun shines so that they can multiply. ”

"Well said!"

Zhao Han accepted this sycophant and said with a smile: "You tell the hundred officials again, what are the countries in the West?" ”

Julius began to popularize science for hundreds of officials: "There are island countries in the far west, called England and Scotland. There are also continents, and there are many small countries. France, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Rakshasa (Tsarist Russia), Poland...... And so on. In the Near East, there are Ottomans, Persians, Mughals, ......"

The officials listened carefully.

Zhao Han asked, "Which countries are the strongest?" ”

Julio said: "France is the strongest in the West when it comes to the army, and the Netherlands is the strongest when it comes to the navy." There is also the country of Narakshasa, which is vast, bitter and barren, and has a large army. The Ottomans, Persians, and Mughals in the Near East are all countries that are slightly inferior to China. ”

Yang Guanji was confused when he heard this, and couldn't help but raise his hand.

Zhao Han said: "Please speak." ”

Yang Guanji immediately asked: "Mr. Ai, Persia has heard below, where are these Osmans and Mughals?" ”

Julius explains: "The Mughals were in Tianzhu, the monarch of this country, a descendant of Genghis Khan. As for the Ottomans, it covers half of the Mediterranean, and its location is the great food country in the Chinese history books. ”

"Great Eclipse, Persia, Tianzhu, I see," Yang Guanji understood a little, and asked again, "Which of the three countries is the strongest?" ”

Julius said: "Persia was caught in the middle, and most of the land was annexed by the other two countries. ”

Another official raised his hand and was allowed by Zhao Han to ask: "How does the land of the Three Kingdoms compare with my Datong Imperial Court?" ”

Julius replied, "In my present land, it is about the size of the Mughals, and a little larger than Persia, and certainly not as big as the Ottomans." ”

"Shhh

The ministers gasped.

"Can the land be fertile in these countries?"

"There is fertility, and there is barrenness. The land of Tianzhu seems to be fertile soil. The quality of the cotton produced there is better than that of Lu cotton. ”

"Tianzhu cotton, is it better than Lu cotton?"

"That's true. The English merchants bought more Tianzhu cotton. ”

"Where is the Rakshasa Kingdom? The name of this country is quite interesting. ”

“……”

The effect of this court meeting and banquet made Zhao Han very pleased, and the global vision of the officials was lit up.

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